Per the status quo, the Hollywood film industry has gone through various trends, some obviously better than others. With the previous obsession with vampires thankfully beginning to die down, a new virus has invaded the cinema. That virus goes by the name of 3-Demension. Movie directors across the nation have turned what used to be an amazing technological advancement into an old and monotonous annoyance within the film industry.
I’m the first one to appreciate that technology has come so far as to create the illusion of a 3D movie screen but there comes a point where an ability is drastically overused. Whenever I drive by Hollywood 16, I see way too many movies with the iconic 3D next to the movie titles. Whatever happened to the popularity of normal 2D movie? Since when is it popular to always go to a movie where the screen is jumping out at you while making you so nauseated that you’re more worried about “tossing your cookies” on the person sitting in front of you than on paying attention to the movie? I’m not saying that 3D movies are always bad; I am just saying that I don’t want to see one all the time.
When I was younger I always thoroughly enjoyed the special occurrence of a 3D movie, but now the specialty of that type of movie has been eliminated. In the beginning of 3D, only movies whose storylines would greatly benefit from having a 3D element would be released, but now movie makers are under the impression that in order for a film to be successful it needs that “extra spunk” that is 3D. The quality of film is decreasing because of failed attempts to make the movie more interesting by giving it an element that it doesn’t need.
The film industry needs to realize that a storyline, not an illusion, is what makes a movie great. I am looking forward to the day that a classic film that is untouched by a Hollywood trend is released, but until then I can only hope that this current trend will die down soon.
